Favorite Schools

Favorite Teams

Hiram College narrows presidential search to three candidates

C14CHEMA_C14CHEMAC_13589059.JPG

Thomas Chema, who has been Hiram College president since 2003, will retire at the end of June. The college's board will choose his successor from three candidates.
(Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Dealer)

Berry, an Arkansas native, earned a bachelor’s degree in English and history from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and a doctorate in history from Princeton University.

He served on the faculty at Princeton and elsewhere. Prior to becoming provost in 2008 at the university in Irving, Texas, he was provost at Butler University.

Evans graduated from Pomona College and received his masters and doctorate degrees in English from the University of Virginia.

He started his academic career at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, was at Georgia College & State University then was dean of the Petree College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma City University from 2005-2008.

He has been in his current position at Buena Vista University since 2008.

Varlotta, from Pittsburgh, received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree from Syracuse University and a doctorate from Miami University.

She held student affairs and academic affairs management positions in public and private universities across the country, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and for the regional campuses of the University of San Francisco.

Follow Us

cleveland.com is powered by Plain Dealer Publishing Co. and Northeast Ohio Media Group. All rights reserved (About Us).The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Northeast Ohio Media Group LLC.